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Do you enjoy Christmas
Did you enjoy last
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START time? What do you
Christmas? Why?
usually do for
Christmas?
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Do you think that in during the Christmas How do you usually
general people spend holidays? If you could spend your spare time
far too much money at go anywhere, where during the Christmas
Christmas time? would you go? holidays?
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Do you ever make any
Does your family have
New Years
Resolutions? Give
examples.
any special Christmas
traditions?
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planning to buy this Some people find
Who would you like to
year? Have you already Christmas depressing.
spend Christmas Day
started your Christmas In your opinion, how
with?
shopping? can this be?
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day when you found out
Christmas cards? How
that Santa Claus wasnt
many do you send?
real? How did you feel?
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Have you got a big
What do you enjoy the What would you like
FINISH
family? Do you all get
most about Christmas Santa to bring you for
together on Christmas
time? Christmas this year?
Day?
PROCEDURE: 1. Students get into groups of three or four. Each student will
need a counter and each group will need a game board and a dice.
2. All the counters are put on the square marked START and the
first player to throw a six starts the game.
3. The students take turns to roll the dice and move along the
board according to the number on the dice. When a student lands
on a square, s/he will have to talk for two minutes without
stopping about the question on the square. If s/he cant keep
talking for two minutes s/he will have to go back three squares.
When the two minutes are over the other players in the group may
join in and also comment on the question.
COMMENTS: The teacher should try and encourage all the members of the
group to say something about each question and not to limit the
speaking connected to each square to the person who landed
there.
Younger learners
For lower levels (and kids): concentrate on 8 key items which they
know well (this can be Christmas presents hidden i.e a Harry Potter
book, a game boy, a favourite video).
For higher levels: pick objects associated with Christmas but still stick
to vocabulary they know e.g. a bottle of Champagne, a Christmas cake,
a parcel or gift, a ski slope, a reindeer, an angel Or cover Christmas
presents.
Example challenges:
Lower levels: Find someone who is.. going to the mountains for
Christmas / Going to stay with cousins for Christmas / Staying
at home for Christmas.
Higher levels (use language they have studied this term) Find
someone who has never been away from home / has eaten
pizza on Christmas day / Would go to a hot country for
Christmas (if they could/had the opportunity) / Has already
bought some Christmas presents / a Christmas CD / Can
suggest an original dish/activity for Xmas day / can tell you a
special Xmas memory from childhood (this is a very open
conversation starter for a fairly fluent class).
Higher levels can have different pictures but do not give them
guidance on which objects are coloured in or not. Students therefore
have to ask and find out what needs colouring in. In some cases the
pictures have a few objects coloured in but the choice is more random
than half and half.
Make sure students know all the words for the objects. Put a glossary
down the side of their pictures and/or use one copy to review the words before they start the activity.
Christmas Chop Worksheet
Directions: The table below contains words that have been chopped in half. Find the pieces that fit
together and write them in the answer area below.
Answers:
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Christmas Games and Activities
Ho-Ho-Ho and Merry Christmas! 'Tis the season, and just one reason, to have a party
and play some festive holiday games. Decorations are easy when you have the children
make snowflakes (no two are alike, just as each child is unique and special) and hang
them from the ceiling.
Rudolph Dash
Supplies: Cut circles out of red construction paper Vaseline
How To Play: Have child put Vaseline on their nose and then put the red circles on
their nose. Relay race to the finish with each new person adding their red nose. If nose
falls, go back to bowl and add more Vaseline and reapply nose.
Santa Says
How To Play: Played similar to Simon Says. The player up is "Santa". Player will say
"Santa says hop on one foot". The children will hop on one foot. Player will say "Stop".
The children are to keep hopping on one foot until player says "Santa says stop".
Repeat for additional activities such as take one baby step forward, step backwards,
turn around, sit down. Sometimes Santa will say "Santa says" and sometimes he wont.
Its a fun game to play with young children.
Book Exchange
Supplies: Inexpensive book gift wrapped for each child
Book- The Gingerbread Man
How To Play: Children set in a circle, each one holding a wrapped book. A Room
Mother reads "The Gingerbread Man" story. Every time the word "ran" is spoken you
pass the book to the person on your right. Continue doing until the story is over. The
book on your lap at the end of the story is yours to keep and open.
Fill the Christmas Stocking
Supplies: Stocking for each team
Spoon for each team
Bowl for each team
Wrapped candy
How To Play: Divide into teams. Have children line up at one end of the room. At the
other end, hang a Christmas stocking for each team. Place a bowl of candy and a
spoon in front of each team. Each child takes a turn taking a candy from the bowl with
the spoon. They then carry the candy on the spoon to the stocking and drop the candy
in the stocking. Race back to the next person in line, give them the spoon. First team to
fill the stocking wins!
Santa Santa
Supplies: Santa sleigh
How To Play: Have children sit in a large circle and blindfold one child. Another child
will be given the sleigh and must say:
Santa Santa, wheres your sleigh
Someones come and taken it away
Guess who Guess who?
The blindfolded child gets three guesses. The child who has the sleigh is next to be
blindfolded.
Word Find
Take a Christmas related word such as: Christmas, Poinsettia, Candy cane, etc. and
find as many little words as possible within before the timer runs out.
Example: Christmas
Words: sit, is, his, miss, rat, tar, this, math, chair, rim...
Example: Candy cane
Words: candy, cane, and, dance, day, nay, can, dye, an, any...
Freeze
Supplies: Christmas music
How To Play: Begin playing music, everyone moves and dances until the music stops
then they must "freeze" in whatever position they happen to be in.
Match the words in the first column to the best available answer in the second column.
_____ sing
1) Christmas carols
_____ give
2) Christmas tree
_____ see
4) Christmas presents
_____ decorate
5) Santa Claus
_____ make
6) Christmas cards
1 - sing
4 - give
3 - ride
5 - see
2 - decorate
6 - make
7.
3.
4.
9.
5. 6.
8.
7. Who probably was the first man to illuminate a Christmas tree with candles?
Alexander the Great
Pope John I
Martin Luther
Pope Bob II
10. Clement C. Moore's famous poem, "The Night Before Christmas" was originally titled...
"A Visit from St. Nick"
"Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer"
"A Night to Remember"
"St. Nick and His Reindeer"
Answers
1. c
2. a
3. b
4. b
5. d
6. c
7. c
8. c
9. d
10. a
1. What Asian country experienced a post-World War II boom by producing Christmas goods?
China
Japan
Thailand
2. What sidewalk gift popularized in California sold wildly and peaked at Christmas, 1965??
unicycle
skateboard
roller skates
3. Which of the 48 continental states was the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
Oklahoma
Oregon
New Hampshire
4. In Little Women, who gets slippers, handkerchiefs, cologne, and gloves for Christmas?
Beth
Jo
Marmee
5. In what film does a widowed musician return to Texas with his daughter?
Sunshine Christmas
Holiday
The Gathering
9. What was the first gift my true love sent on the eighth day of Christmas?
swans a-swimming
geese a-laying
maids a-milking
10. What extremely popular carol was written by Josef Mohr and composed by Franz Gruber?
"Oh Holy Night"
"Silent Night"
"The First Noel"
BETHANY ROBERTS'
TWELVE DAYS OF TONGUE TWISTERS
copyright Bethany Roberts, 2001 Can you say these ten times fast?
2 3 4
6 7 8 9
10 11
12
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Across Down
4. It has green leaves, and red berries. 1. Santa uses this to get in your house!
5. We wish you a _ _ _ _ _ Christmas! 2. Short version of Christmas.
6. You give these to friends and family. 3. You do this to the presents before giving
10. You decorate it with lights etc. them.
11. Santa puts the presents on this. 7. Animal used to deliver presents.
12. Some people eat this bird at Christmas. 8. You'll have this on a White Christmas.
9. You can put small presents in this.
This quick filler is perfect for a Christmas lesson. The vocabulary has been kept simple, and there are just twelve
clues, meaning that this crossword shouldnt take too long.
Answer Grid
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M E R R Y I
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S P R E S E N T S
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T R E E S L E I G H
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4 5 6
7 8
10
Across
1. Jingle _____.
4. Send a Christmas ____.
5. Mr. Claus.
7. Stingy old man.
10. Animals that pull the
sleigh.
Down
2. Something to put at the top of the
tree.
3. It covers your window.
4. _____ cane.
5. It hangs above the fireplace.
6. Egg ___. A Christmas drink.
8. Santa's helper.
9. The presents are under the ____.
3
Across
1. Another word for
4 5 6 7
present.
8
4. Santa's door?
9 10 6. Animals that pull Santa's
11
sleigh.
12 13
9. What people put on their
Christmas tree.
11. Something on Santa's
14 15 face.
16 15. The day after
Christmas.
17 18 19
17. Santa's helpers.
18. The day before
20 21 22 Christmas.
23 24 20. A piece of snow.
25
25. What Santa gives to bad
girls and boys.
26 27
26. A sock that hangs by
28 29 the chimney.
30 28. People put these bright
things on there house.
30. A reindeer with a red
31 nose.
31. A jolly man in a red suit
Merry Christmas! with a beard.
Down 14. Look at a present before you should.
2. Something people decorate. 16. The color of Santa's suit.
3. What people give each other. 19. A common decoration for the top of
the tree.
5. Where Santa's workshop is located.
21. A famous snowman.
7. A striped Christmas treat.
22. The place where Santa makes toys.
8. Drink and food left for Santa.
23. Santa's car?
10. Something people send to each
other to say 'Merry Christmas'. 24. A common decoration for the top of
the tree.
12. The presents are usually _______
the tree. 27. A Christmas song.
13. The month of Christmas. 29. What Santa gives to good girls and
boys.
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Answers:
Across: 1. Gift, 4. Chimney, 6. Reindeer, 9. Decorations, 11. Beard, 15. Boxing day, 17. Elves, 18. Christmas eve,
20. Snowflake, 25. Coal, 26. Stocking, 28. Lights, 30. Rudolph, 31. Santa Claus.
Down: 2. Tree, 3. Presents, 5. North pole, 7. Candy cane, 8. Milk and cookies, 10. Card, 12. Under, 13. December,
14. Peek, 16. Red, 19. Star, 21. Frosty, 22. Workshop, 23. Sleigh, 24. Angel, 27. Carol, 29. Toys.
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A) Boxing Day
B) Auld Lang Syne Day
C) Regents Day
D) Hangover Day
A) Reindeer
B) Mice
C) Elves
D) Elvis
A) Duck
B) Turkey
C) Swan
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A) Bolly
B) Fally
C) Holly
D) Santas Berries
A) A Rabbit
B) Tinsel
C) An Angel
D) Lights
11) True or False? In the UK, the Queen makes a speech on TV on Christmas Day.
A) At Breakfast Time
B) At Lunch Time
C) At Dinner Time
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If Christmas is coming, this might be a good way to finish the year. Depending on the culture,
students may know much of this, or very little.
Teach it however you wish. We would advise putting students into groups of about three, and
getting them to read the questions and answers to each other.
Monitor, and go through the answers at the end. Go easy on grammar correctionits Christmas,
after all.
1) Boxing Day 7) Ho ho ho
2) Elves 8) Mince Pies and Sherry
3) Swan 9) Holly
4) People kiss under it 10) A rabbit
5) Dried fruit and spices 11) True
6) Chimney 12) At lunch time
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Find These Words: December North Pole sleigh
bells decoration present snowflake
candy cane frost reindeer snowman
card holly Rudolph star
carol hot chocolate Santa stocking
cookies and milk icicle Scrooge tree
When is
Christmas?
How many reindeer
pull Santas sleigh?
A famous
Christmas
Something reindeer
we decorate at
Christmas
Songs that
people sing at What are ten things
Christmas we do at Christmas?
Something
that Some words we
say to people Something we
jingles make or buy to
at Christmas
send to others Finish
at Christmas
1. Let each group have two students. Give them a coin and two markers of
different colours.
2. Students do rocks, paper, scissors, to see who flips the coin first. If the
winner chooses say TAILS, the other student is automatically HEADS.
3. The student flips the coin to see the side that shows up. If its HEADS, the
student who chose that moves his marker from Start into the first dialogue box
and vice- versa.
4. The student uses the prompts in the box to make a full sentence or answer questions.
5. If the other player cant answer the question the student can move to the
next dialogue box without flipping a coin- so the other loses a turn to flip.
6. The other student must answer or lose a turn.
7. When a student gets to the reindeer picture, s/he has to do what the
reindeer says. If s/he cant do what the croc says, the other player can have a
try. If the other player can do it, s/he gains a free turn- s/he then advances
into the next dialogue box.
8. When a student gets to Santa Claus, s/he has to do what the santa says. If s/he
cant do what Santa says, the other player can have a try. If the other player can
do it, s/he gains a free turn- s/he then advances into the next dialogue box.
9. The first player to get to finish wins the game.
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Christmas Cloze
Fill in the blanks with words from the box:
checks nice sing fills
naughty beard Boxing Eve
North Pole decorate elves workshop
lap baked turkey lights
cards presents under chimney
sleigh holiday reindeer family
coal toys merry spirit
Christmas:
Christmas is a _________________ when people get together with
_________________. People give _______________ to each other or send
____________________ wishing each other a _________________ Christmas. At
Christmas, people ____________ carols to get into the Christmas _______________.
As well, people ______________ Christmas trees and put up ________________
around the house. A common Christmas dinner is ______________. There are also lots
of ________________ goodies for the kids. Christmas begins on the day before
Christmas, or Christmas _________________ and continues until _______________
Day, when many people go shopping for sales.
Santa Claus:
Santa Claus is an old man with a white _________________ that lives at the
__________________. Children sit on Santas _________________ and tell him
what they want for Christmas. Santa _________________ his list to see if the
children have been _________________ or _________________. If the children
are bad Santa brings them __________________. If the children are good Santa
brings them ____________________. The toys are made in Santas
___________________ by _________________.
Santa travels around the world in his
_________________, which is pulled by flying
___________________. When he stops at a house, he
goes down the __________________ and puts presents
_________________ the tree and then he
_________________ the stockings.
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L W R A X S P V C W T S J E S Y Z I Q
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C_____ K O S D O I D D I C X P J Z S S N S D
K Y A D N G U O S E L Q E A I W E L V
W E M E D H R W T Y U D O W I Q L S W
I L T C U X Z G M S L D T U Z J B A R
V G S E C M A D A N S E E R U R A X E
V N I M T I N N S E T C L V V Y T I E
T I R B O O T M T X A O T F K G S V D
Z J H E R A P H R O R R S N N N Z P N
N Y C R C L B C E H J A I I F I A G I
H Z G L W A E X E X C T M O I K P R E
L M A E R Z L T V P Q E W P M C R H R
D U S D M Z L A J U V F X Y Q O F E T
S P M P J A S H C A R O L L U T J J P
E C A L P E R I F N A M W O N S C S D Con_____
I D I O G N I D D U P M J A Q W Q V E
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Christmas Verbs
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Decorations
Presents
Turkey
Santa Claus
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Reindeer
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How many words can you make out of
Christmas tree?
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(1) Santa Claus _________________ his list to see if children have been
naughty or nice.
(6) Before you give a present, usually you ___________ it and put a ribbon on it.
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Conversation Questions
Christmas
A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.
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Finally, __________________________________________
(1) ______________________________________________
(2) _____________________________________________
(3) _____________________________________________
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41.
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35.
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44. Ducks quack, horses neigh 36. Would you like a mince pie .....
and dogs ..... (4) 6. a slice of Christmas cake? (2)
45. Shall we ..... the film on This is ..... angel. (2) 38. (4)
television now? (5)
51. The day before Christmas Day 17. Japanese money. (3)
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19. I want to ..... lots of money Christmas morning. ..... all
to buy Christmas presents. like singing carols. (2)
52. Why dont you do some
babysitting? (4) 46. I always get ..... apple and a
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The snowman is ..... the 20. (5) stocking. (2)
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Happy New Year?
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6. Claus in folklore, a fat, bearded old man in 5. any of several related large deer found in
a red suit who lives at the North Pole and the colder regions of Europe, Asia, and
brings children presents at Christmas; St. Greenland, both sexes of which have
Nicholas; St. Nick; Kriss Kringle. branching antlers. Thought to pull Santa's
sleigh.
7. a glittering material with a metallic
appearance that is produced in strips, sheets, 10. a hollow, vertical structure of masonry,
or the like and used for its decorative effect, which allows smoke and gases to escape
esp. at Christmas. from a furnace, fireplace, or stove; flue.
8. a light horse-drawn cart on runners that is 13. a traditional Christmas drink made of
used to carry people over snow and ice. beaten eggs, milk or cream, and sugar.
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Christmas Cryptogram
Directions: Unscramble the words by placing the correct letter in the shaded
boxes. Use the numbered boxes to complete the answer to the riddle.
RIDDLE:
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Directions: As a group, you have 25 minutes to write a brief story using the words or variatio
words below.
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1. Oh what ________ it is to ride on a
one horse
3. ___________ all the way
4. Jingle ______
5. Making spirits ______
8. Dashing through the __________
1. Over _______ we go
2. Riding one horse open ________
6. Bells and bobtails __________
7. What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song ________
9. Jingle all ________
Practise Christmas words from the song with this online game:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-pelmanism-xmas.htm
When youve finished listening and singing to the song you could download and print off the words to the
song, or download and print an activity to do related to the song:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-santa-activity.pdf
Finally, your child/learner might like to illustrate the song with his/her own drawings or to draw a picture of
Santa arriving at his/her house.
Santa Claus,
If youd like to develop the topic further, another idea
North Pole
might be to prepare a menu for Santa and his reindeer- Dear Santa,
what would your child/learners give Santa to eat and drink?
What would you give his reindeer?! How are you? I hope you are well!
My names ________ and Im a very good
You could also ask your child/learners to write a letter to student. Santa. What
Santa-what would they like for Christmas? See also: This Christmas I would like a ________ and
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-reordering-santa-letter a ________.
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Christmas! Say hello to the reindeer from
Here are some Christmas games to try: me.
Tell your child/learners theyre going to play a Christmas word game. What Christmas words do they
already know in English? Play Hangman with the words or make a Christmas picture dictionary.
Start drawing a picture of a word related to Christmas, for example, a snowflake. Your child/learners must
guess what it is before youve finished the drawing. Alternatively, if your home or classroom has been
decorated for Christmas, play I-Spy. For example, if theres a present in the room you could say, I spy with
my little eye something beginning with p. Your child/learners then have to guess what you can see.
When your child/learners have finished playing the word games, they could draw and colour their own
Christmas picture/word cards and play with a friend. All the cards should be placed on the table, face down.
The first player turns over a picture card and a word card. If they match, they play again. If they dont match,
the cards are turned face down again and the next player turns over another two cards. Players must try and
remember where the cards are. The player with most pairs is the winner.
Christmas greetings
If you have a selection of old or new Christmas cards you could talk about the pictures, pointing to and describing
the different objects. Your child/learners could then design their own Christmas card or make a Christmas collage
with the pictures. They could also make some Christmas decorations to hang on the Christmas tree. All you
need is a little card, glue, tissue paper and/or felt-tip pens, crayons, glitter and cotton wool. Dont forget
that your child or students can send Christmas ecards too:
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Christmas words and messages
Practise words related to Christmas using this worksheet:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-print-christmas.pdf
Can your child or learners also decode the message? Why not ask learners to write their own Christmas
messages (or any other messages) using this code, or a code theyve invented. Can you or others work out what
the message is?
Christmas customs
Read and listen to the story My Favourite Day and find out about Christmas customs in the UK:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-favourite-day-christmas
Your child or students could write about their own Christmas customs, or their own favourite days:
What do people usually do at Christmas in your country? What do they do in other parts of the world? For
example, do they put lights in their houses? Do they decorate a Christmas tree? Do they get presents at
Christmas? When do they open their presents? Write a short description of Christmas in your country.
Whats your favourite day of the year? What do people wear, eat, drink? What do people do? Why do
people celebrate this day? Do you give and receive presents?
Also find online and printable quizzes about Christmas around the world:
http://www.britishcocunil.org/kids-games-quiz-christmas.htm
http://www.britishcocunil.org/kids-print-xmas-quiz.pdf
Have a look at the first exercise on the printable worksheet. How do you say Merry Christmas in your
language? Do you know how to say Merry Christmas in any other language? What about Happy New Year?
Next, the quiz! You could try the quiz without any online help first of all. If your child/learners find this too
difficult, you could give them 2 or 3 multiple-choice options (including the correct answer from the answer key!)
Once theyve finished, they can check their answers by searching the 2 websites suggested.
For more advanced learners, ask them to research Christmas in a country of their choice and make a
poster of their findings and/or make up their own Christmas quiz to test your Christmas knowledge!
Story: The Snowman
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-snowman
Before reading the story The Snowman, you could introduce the topic by asking your child/learners
about snow and winter, for example, does it snow in your country? When does it snow? What do children
like doing when it snows? Do you know how to make a snowman? Have you ever made one?
Draw a picture of a girl and a boy to introduce the characters of Katie and Eddie. Then draw some
snow. Ask your child/learners what they think is going to happen in the story. Now read and listen to each
page of the story online. Dont worry if your child/learners dont understand every word-the pictures will help
them make sense of whats happening.
After listening to the story, act it out! Start by miming the actions together-wake up, shout, run outside,
dance in the snow, make a snowman, wave Hello, put on a scarf and a hat. Then take different roles of
Katie, Eddie and the snowman in turn and add the dialogue. If youve got a digital camera and/or video
camera you could record your childs/learners play and then make it into a slide show. Alternatively, you
could ask them to draw their own version of the story and add captions to describe whats happening. Make
the snowman 3-dimensional with cotton wool for his head and body, some wool or coloured thread for his
scarf and hat and some orange tissue paper for his nose!
Learners can print and make their own snowman:
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-print-snowman.pdf
Finally, wrap up a present in Christmas paper. Make sure there are plenty of layers, with a Christmas forfeit in
between each layer, for example, Name something we eat at Christmas. Now play the game Pass the parcel to
some background Christmas music. When the music stops, the child holding the parcel carries out the forfeit. The
child who opens the final layer wins the present! A very Merry Christmas to you all!
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Letters to Santa
Part 1
Can you read this message to Santa? Draw lines like this
to separate the words:
Dear Santa,
DearFatherChristmas,Howareyou?Ihop For Christmas can I
have a cat and some
eyouarewell.ForChristmasthisyearIwoul sweets, please?
dlikeanewcoatandascarfbecauseitsvery I promise Ill be
good all year!
cold.Idalsolikeabigcarrotandsomechocol Thanks!
Love,
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Snowman.
Part 2
Can you complete this letter to Santa?
Dear _________________,
________________.
Thank you very much and Happy Christmas! Say Hello! to ________________ from me.
Part 1
Can you read this message to Santa?
Part 2
Can you complete this letter to Santa?
I m writing to tell you what a good girl/boy I am. I always clean my teeth and make my bed.
I often help my family with the shopping/shopping bags and I walk the dog every morning.
Thank you very much and Merry Christmas! Say Hello! to Rudolph/the reindeer from me.
What do you know about Winter Festivals around the world? Try this
quiz!
This is a useful website to help you: www.geocities.com/carolmdieter/xmas.htm
True or False?
1.Christmas has always been celebrated on December 25th.
6. In Italy the kind witch delivers presents to good children and coal to
bad children on the 1st January.
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This is a useful website to help you: www.geocities.com/carolmdieter/xmas.htm
True or False?
1.Christmas has always been celebrated on December 25th.
False. The date of the feast of Christmas originally moved to coincide with Winter Solstice or return
of the Sun.
2. In Holland children put out their shoes to receive Christmas presents.
True.
3. The Winter Solstice is celebrated on the longest day of the year.
False. It is the shortest day of the year.
4. A Yule Log was burnt on a huge bonfire to celebrate the Winter
Solstice.
True. The noise and celebrations were to wake the Sun up.
5. In Tibet there is a 4 day festival to celebrate the dying year, where
people dance around a magic pole.
False. The festival in Tibet lasts for five days.
6. In Italy the kind witch delivers presents to good children and coal to
bad children on the 1st January.
False. Children hang up their stockings on January 5th.
7. In Pakistan the Winter Solstice is celebrated with a festival of singing,
dancing, bonfires and feasting.
True.
8. In Ethiopia a special game called Ganna is played with sticks at
Christmas.
True.
9. In England a game called Snap Dragon (eating raisins on fire!) is still
popular.
False. This was a popular game in the 1800s!
10. In Oaxaca, Mexico on December 23rd there is a Festival of Radishes,
where people carve pictures into radishes.
True.
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Christmas crafts
Christmas paperchains
Materials: Christmas wrapping paper, scissors, glue
1. Cut the wrapping paper into strips, (approximately 20cm 3cm).
2. Bend each strip into a circle and glue the ends together.
3. Thread the next strip through the first and glue the ends.
4. Continue to thread each strip through the next to make a long,
colourful chain to decorate your walls, windows or doorways.
Alternatively,
1. Take 2 long strips of paper. Place one at a right angle to the other. Glue the ends together.
2. Fold the strips over each other until you reach the end of the paper. Glue the ends together.
3. Gently extend your paperchain.
Snowflakes
Materials: Paper, scissors
1. Place a round object such as a dish or saucer on a piece of paper.
2. Draw around the object. Remove the object and cut out the circle.
3. Fold the paper in half three times.
4. Now cut small shapes out of the sides.
5. Open out the paper and decorate your window with your snowflake.
To make snowflakes of different shapes try cutting out squares as well as circles!
Christmas baubles
Materials: Tissue paper, silver foil, cotton, scissors, glue
1. Cut a piece of cotton about 18cm long.
2. Fold the cotton in half.
3. Wrap a small strip of silver foil around the ends of the cotton and squeeze tight.
4. Continue wrapping silver foil around the cotton until you have a good-sized, round ball.
5. Brush the ball with glue and cover with bright tissue paper. Decorate with glitter or
stickers.
6. Hang the baubles on your Christmas tree!
Alternatively, make Christmas tree decorations from old Christmas cards or gift tags! Just cut
out the different shapes, punch a hole in the top with a hole punch, thread a piece of cotton or
ribbon through and your decorations are ready to hang on your tree!
Christmas cards
Materials: Card or paper, scissors, glue, cotton wool,
glitter, silver foil
1. Fold a piece of card or paper in half.
2. Draw a tree on the card or paper.
3. Cut out half of the tree and decorate.
Alternatively,
1. Draw a picture of a snowman or Santa Claus.
2. Glue cotton wool on the body or moustache and beard. Decorate with glitter.
Christmas crackers
Materials: A cardboard tube (e.g. from the inside of a toilet or kitchen roll), tissue/crepe paper,
ribbon, glue, glitter, scissors
1. Roll the paper around the cardboard tube and glue the edges together.
2. Tie one end with ribbon.
3. Now drop a small packet of sweets or other treats inside the tube. You could also add a
paper hat and a message-perhaps a joke, a riddle or a tongue twister!
4. Tie the end with ribbon.
5. Decorate your cracker with a festive picture, stars, stickers or glitter glue.
Fingerprint robins
Materials: Card or paper, liquid paints, paintbrush
1. Pour some brown paint into a small dish.
2. Dip your thumb into the paint.
3. Press your thumb onto a piece of card or paper to make the body of a robin.
4. Now pour some red paint into a dish and dip a finger into the paint.
5. Press your finger onto the body to give the robin a red breast.
6. Leave to dry for a few minutes.
7. Add legs, a beak and eyes with a paintbrush or felt-tip pen.
Alternatively, try making a snowman with white paint, or a penguin with black and white paints!
You could use your print designs on Christmas cards or gift tags, too!
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CHRISTMAS QUIZ
Try this Christmas quiz. You can find some help on these websites:-
www.christmas.com/worldview and www.northpole.net/world.htm
In which country..
1. is Santa Claus supposed to live?
2. do people have an advent wreath with four candles?
3. does a good witch bring presents to good children the day
after Christmas?
4. does Father Frost visit children in a sleigh pulled by 3
reindeer?
5. do they put paper swans on the Christmas tree as a symbol of
peace?
6. do they decorate mango and banana trees?
7. do they celebrate with a picnic on the beach?
8. do children leave hay and sugar for Santas horse?
9. do children rollerskate to church?
10.do they eat a meal of codfish and boiled potatoes at
midnight?
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Christmas around the world - Key
FRANCE GERMANY
CHINA ITALY
SPAIN PORTUGAL
CHRISTMAS QUIZ
Try this Christmas quiz. You can find some help on these websites:-
www.christmas.com/worldview and www.northpole.net/world.htm
In which country..
1. is Santa Claus supposed to live? Finland
2. do people have an advent wreath with four candles? Germany
3. does a good witch bring presents to good children the day after
Christmas? Italy
4. does Father Frost visit children in a sleigh pulled by 3 reindeer?
Ukraine
5. do they put paper swans on the Christmas tree as a symbol of peace?
Japan
6. do they decorate mango and banana trees? India
7. do they celebrate with a picnic on the beach? Australia
8. do children leave hay and sugar for Santas horse? Netherlands
9. do children rollerskate to church? Venezuela
10.do they eat a meal of codfish and boiled potatoes at
midnight? Portugal
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What word would you use to describe somebody who never gives up, is
decisive and continues doing what they want despite comments from
other people?
This is an adjective incidentally that is used very often to name a warship
with, the sort that ploughs through the waves and cannot be stopped. It
also describes someone who could in some circumstances be regarded as
obstinate, depending of course on the way you regard them. The word
begins with the letter r any ideas? Well, the word I'm thinking of is
resolute.
So, generals and political leaders want to take resolute actions They act
resolutely to show just how determined they are. And now we come to
the verb resolve, which is where it all starts. Imagine that there is an
argument about the spelling of a word say between two people playing the
game of scrabble as there often is and the one that's losing usually likes
to question the correctness of the word presented by someone who's
winning!
There is invariably only one way to settle this and that's to look the word
up in a dictionary and here in the UK it's got to be an Oxford dictionary.
Once the word has been checked in the dictionary then the matter is
settled or the matter is resolved and peace is restored to the game. On
a more serious level we could be looking at an industrial dispute
concerning working conditions, pay and hours of work, which looks as if it
could result in a strike. There is an organisation whose function is to listen
to both sides of any argument and then hope to find a solution so that
there is no strike and in that way resolve the dispute. Interestingly
enough the verb resolve can be used with and without an object. Look
at this sentence: The trade union resolved (were determined) to go on
strike although the management tried hard to resolve (find an answer
to) the conflict.
You may well be asking now what any of this has got to do with 2009 but
my earnest request to you is to ask for your patience but you may well
guess the connection when I give you the next word from this family
descended from resolve. The word this time is a noun resolution.
Back to our imaginary strike. Suppose it is settled and everyone goes back
to work. In that case we could say: The resolution (solving) of the
strike was greeted enthusiastically by the management. Committees and
councils hold meetings and decide certain measures that should be
undertaken. They pass resolutions. In other words they make
decisions about what should be done and when this should take place.
And now if you're still with me, we come to the final use from the
resolve family the NEW YEAR RESOLUTION. This is an attempt to
decide that you will definitely do something in the following year or that
you will definitely not do something in the new year. You could for
example decide that you will try and lose weight, change your job, go
jogging every day. You could make a resolution to stop smoking, to eat
less, to watch less television. And as for me? Well, I really can't decide
and over the years I've made resolutions and with the best will in the
world I've broken them within a matter of weeks and so now I simply
dither and hesitate because I can't make up my mind what to choose in
the way of resolutions. I know I could make mine to be positive
throughout the whole of 2009 and make decisions quickly and furthermore
to stick to them. Yes, that will do nicely. I'm feeling more positive right
now as I sit here writing this letter. On the other hand I
Language Focus
writing practice
Materials
a copy of CH/11 for each pupil
Procedure
1 Ask pupils what presents they got for
Christmas and who they were from.
Follow-up
Play a version of the consequences game:
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cacher de haut en bas, de bas en haut, de gauche droite, de droite gauche et en diagonales.
Un bon moyen d'apprendre du vocabulaire tout en s'amusant! Bonne chance!
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lettre indique la direction dans laquelle chercher: N= North = nord (vers le haut) | S =
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14. What Santa gives people.
Merry Christmas! 17. Place where Santa enters
your house.
18. Happy.
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2. What Santa checks. 9. Place where Santa parks his sleigh.
3. Where Santa's elves make the toys. 10. What Santa eats and drinks.
5. Place where children sit and tell 13. Santa's car.
Santa about their Christmas wishes.
15. Bad.
6. Where Santa lives.
16. You ________ not cry.
7. Something on Santa's face.
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The Christmas Song (changed lyrics)
hibernate: ______________________________________________
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migrate: _______________________________________________
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frost: _________________________________________________
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slush: ________________________________________________
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blizzard: _______________________________________________
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Make a title for each group of words and
then find all of the words in the grid below _____________ _____________
freezing ski
Winter snow skate
ice sled
frost snowboard
blizzard snowman
snowflake snow angel
icicle snowball
cold
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December hot chocolate
January fire
February heater
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hat
scarf
gloves
boots
mittens
coat
sweater
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4 11 6 1 2
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3 7 12 10
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5 9 15 14
Winter Riddle: Use the numbers above to fill in the riddle.
When you look out, you see it, but when you see it, you cant look out. What
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1. we _____ you
2. happy ______ ________
5. good tidings we ________
Express your own idea in one sentence. The group with the most original idea gets the prize.
- a jumbled dialogue (between the shop-assistant and a customer in a shop buying Xmas presents; OR
an interview between famous person/pop star on Xmas habits/likes/dislikes which can be reordered and
acted out);
- role cards to act out improvised conversations (e.g. You are given an awful/strange present by a
relative/boyfriend. Student B is the relative who is watching you open the gift. Act out your
conversation);
- a Christmas word search with a list of Christmas words to find in the grid.
5. Santas sack
Prepare presents of varying sizes and shapes. Put them in a sack (or a pillow case). Students take turns to
fish out an object and try to guess what it is. It could be a mobile phone.It might be a calculator
etc. Lower levels can say I think its a.. or ask Is it a/an..?
8. Integrating Music
Have students choose a favorite holiday song and write new words to it.
3. Which of these would you NOT see on top of a British Christmas tree?
a) a star
b) a fairy
c) Santa Claus.
5. "Tinsel" is
a) a kind of cake.
b) a type of decoration.
c) the name of one of Santa's reindeer.
6. Christmas Eve is
a) after 6pm on 25th December.
b) after 6pm on 24th December.
c) all day on 24th December.
7. Which is unlucky?
a) Leaving your decorations up after 6th January.
b) Not kissing everyone in the house on Christmas Day.
c) Forgetting to say "Christmas Christmas Christmas" when you wake up on 25th December.
8. A 'carol' is
a) a pie traditionally eaten on Christmas day
b) a religious Christmas song
c) a Christmas party with dancing
11. A 'robin' is
a) a bird with a red breast
b) a Christmas letter to a friend
c) a Christmas song for children.
12. In the old Christmas Song, there are 12 days of Christmas. The first day of Christmas
is
a) 6th December
b) 15th December
c) 25th December
Christmas around the world!
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Happy Christmas!
The traditional turkey dinner sometimes ends with a Christmas pudding for dessert. Christmas puddings include a
coin baked inside, and whoever finds it knows to expect good luck. Because of the climate, flowers are one of the
most important Christmas decorations. Santa Claus leaves presents for children in pillowcases on children's beds,
or at the breakfast table.
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Hauskaa Joulua!
Legend says that Santa lives here in a village called Ear Mountain, covered in ice and snow. In this country families
usually bring Christmas trees into the house the day before Christmas and decorate them with national flags. On
Christmas Eve Santa Claus comes to children with a basket filled with presents. He gives the presents only after
the children sing a Christmas song.
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Eftihismena Christougenna!
At Christmas a lot of small fishing boats are decorated with blue and white lights - these are also the colors of the
flag. As family and friends come for the Christmas Day dinner, they greet one another by saying, "Eftihismena
Christougenna ", or "Marry Christmas". The table has roast turkey stuffed with chestnuts or rice, there are a lot of
vegetables too. Before the meal begins, the sign of the cross is made over the bread, and the table is lifted three
times. Christmas trees are not commonly used there.
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Merii Kurisumasu!
The legend of this country says that Santa Claus has eyes in the back of his head! The holiday has become
popular because of all of the Christmas products that this nationality makes for other countries.
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S Rozdjestvom Hristovim!
Santa Claus is called here Grandfather Frost. Religious traditions to celebrate Christmas in this country were
suppressed during the communist era. With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be celebrated on January 7th.
However New Year is more important holiday in this country so Christmas trees are called "New Year's" trees
there.
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Wesolych Swiat!
The traditional Christmas dinner consists of twelve dishes representing the twelve months of the year. No meat is
served during the dinner, only fish. Other traditional dishes on the table include red borscht, mushroom or fish soup
and dried fruit compote.
Discussion Cards
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p Comprehension Are these statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
q Role-playing #1 Use the cues below and have a conversation with your partner.
r Role-playing #2 Practice again with a partner. This time, give true answers!
Students need lots of practice with the Present Perfect. This lesson looks at Yet & Already
with a Christmas theme.
n The opening question is a warm up, which help to introduce the topic. Students should work in pairs. Elicit some
answers, but dont correct mistakes at this stage. The short discussion will give you an idea of how well the
students can use the target language.
o Follow the instructions. Students should practice once, and then change roles. Encourage the students to look
up and make eye-contact with each other when speaking.
p To make this more challenging, students can cover the conversation before writing the answers. Students
should work alone and then check in pairs.
To build confidence in using the Present Perfect with questions, set up a speaking drill. Student A can ask a
question using the cues in this exercise. Student B can give answers.
e.g. A: Has Bob starting preparing yet?
B No, he hasnt.
This is also a good practice of the third person for students who like to say Yes, he have!
q This is a controlled exercise: the answers are fixed. Demonstrate with a confident student. Place students in
new pairs, and have them change roles. Encourage eye contact and intonation when speaking.
r Students can now personalize the language. Encourage students to use their own ideas. If imagination is
somewhat lacking, they can use the cues given in exercise four.
Depending on the nationality of your students, New Year preparations can make for a better topic for this
exercise.
Answer Key (Other answers are possible, including using already in positive statements.)
Handouts Online has other worksheets with a Christmas Theme. Try our Christmas Quiz, a crossword,
or a theme lesson on Christmas and New Year plans.
Updated 12/03/2005
Instructions
Play this game in groups of three or four.
Toss a coin. If you get HEADS, go forward one space. If
you get TAILS go forward two spaces.
If you land on a square with a question, answer the
question. Talk for at least 30 seconds.
If you land on a square with a stocking, do a special task
the teacher gives you.
Teachers Notes
Level: Intermediate +
Aims: a speaking activity with emphasis on oral fluency; this activity could also be used
as a review class before a mid term test.
Materials: One copy of the game board and a coin for each group of 3-4 Ss; a large
sock (preferably a Christmas stocking), a collection of different objects or a series of
revision questions for an upcoming test. The game board looks better if it is enlarged
and copied onto A3 size paper.
Warmer: Draw a picture of a Christmas stocking on the board. Ask Ss What is this?
Explain the difference between a sock and a stocking. Tell the Ss about the English
Christmas tradition of stockings (traditionally stockings are hung above the fireplace,
and Father Christmas leaves gifts inside them; if you get left a piece of coal it means
you were bad this year). Ask Ss if they have any similar kind of tradition where they
come from.
Play the Game: Tell the students that in this class they are going to talk about different
aspects of the Christmas Season. Divide the class into groups of three or four and give
each group a board and a coin. Give them a copy of the instructions (above) and let
them start. Monitor and help where necessary.
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(2) Prepare a series of revision questions on little pieces of paper (taken from your
coursebook). Every time someone lands on a stocking square, they must
answer a revision question correctly. Another variant on this would be to have
the students make their own revision questions and put them all in the stocking.
Another possibility that is compatible with the two above is to have a little Christmas
treat for each time someone answers a stocking question correctly. This involves the
teacher buying a bag of sweets for the class though!
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